Definitions for orthogonality

Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word orthogonality.

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

orthogonality, perpendicularity, orthogonal opposition(noun)

the relation of opposition between things at right angles

orthogonality(noun)

the quality of lying or intersecting at right angles

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

orthogonality(Noun)

the property of being orthogonal

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

Orthogonality

In mathematics, orthogonality is the relation of two lines at right angles to one another, and the generalization of this relation into n dimensions; and to a variety of mathematical relations thought of as describing non-overlapping, uncorrelated, or independent objects of some kind.
The concept of orthogonality has been broadly generalized in mathematics, science, and engineering, especially since the beginning of the 16th century. Much of it has involved the concepts of mathematical functions, calculus, and linear algebra.